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Contemporary Artistic Currents

Code 16977
Year 3
Semester S2
ECTS Credits 6
Workload OT(15H)/TP(45H)
Scientific area Art and Design
Entry requirements Don't apply.
Mode of delivery not electable
Work placements not electable
Learning outcomes It is intended that throughout the semester students deepen a set of historical-artistic, iconographic and iconological notions, aiming at a deep understanding of the various artistic currents from the eighteenth century to the present day (the historical period called the Contemporary Age), and develop the necessary skills, in the field of knowledge and critical sense, to relate the influence of Art in the various historical-cultural expressions of contemporaneity.
Syllabus An age of transformations; Transitions in the 20th century: from pictorial impression to body expression; The alliance between function, aesthetics and design; Wars and the impact on the arts; Post-war art and society; The century of the Ego and the death of the artistic object and of the author; Cybernetic society and emerging artistic expressions; The concept of gender in contemporary art.
Main Bibliography •Benjamin, Walter (1992), Sobre arte, técnica, linguagem e política. Lisboa: Relógio d'Água.
•Regina Bonnefoit et al (2023), New Media in Art History: Tensions, Exchanges, Situations. Berlim: De Gruyter.
•Danto, Arthur C. (2002), Despues del fin del arte: El arte contemporaneo y el linde de la historia. Barcelona: Paidos.
•Dempsey, A. (2011), Styles, Schools & Movements. London: Thames & Hudson.
•Eco, Umberto (2009), História da beleza. Algés: Difel.
•Elkins, James (2004), On the strange place of religion in contemporary art. New York: Routledge.
•Foster, H & Krauss, R. & Bois, Y-A. & Buchloh, B.(2007), Art since 1900: Modernism, Antimodernism, Postmodernism. New York: Thames & Hudson.
•Freedberg, David (1992), El Poder de las Imágenes: estudios sobre la Historia e la Teoria de la Respuesta. Madrid: Catedra.
•Holzwarth, H. W. (Ed.) (2013), Art Now! (vol. IV). Köln: Taschen.
•Ruhrberg, K., Schneckenburger, M., Fricke, C., & Honnef, K. (2005), Arte do século XX. Köln: Taschen.
Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria In this course, practical group work will be proposed, to be developed in the four practical classes, taught in a tutoring regime. ONE assessment test will be conducted.

The final grade will be calculated according to the following weighting:
• Attendance – 10%
• Practical group work – 45%
• Assessment test – 45%

Assessment Test: May 28, 2025.
Language Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
Last updated on: 2025-03-01

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